Spelling Bee October 21, 2020 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
331
Pangrams
6
Genius score
231
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DOMICILED
- DOMICILED
- DOMICILE
- DOMICILE
- MELODIC
- MELODIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
26 pts
8%
Solid
49 pts
15%
Nice
82 pts
25%
Great
132 pts
40%
Amazing
165 pts
50%
Genius
231 pts
70%
Queen Bee
331 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cede
- ceded
- cell
- celled
- celli
- cello
- clime
- clod
- cocci
- coddle
- coddled
- code
- coded
- codicil
- coed
- coil
- coiled
- cold
- colic
- collide
- collided
- collie
- colloid
- come
- comedic
- comic
- commode
- cooed
- cool
- cooled
- decide
- decided
- deco
- decode
- decoded
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- dice
- diced
- docile
- domicile
- domicile
- domiciled
- domiciled
- ecocide
- emcee
- emceed
- iced
- icicle
- lice
- loci
- loco
- medic
- medico
- melodic
- melodic
- mice
- mimic
- oleic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 21, 2020 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, L, M, O, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 331 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 231 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.